Ok, so if you’ve got “Live” or even “Babylon by Bus” so, why do you have to purchase another live Bob Marley album? Just listen to a few seconds of the opening bass line to the first song “Trenchtown Rock” as i did, and as i did you will have to purchase the product inmediately. Don’t need to hear anymore. This is another great live album, perfect vocals, vibrant performances and fantastic sound ( !and its a 1976 recording!). The drum and bass from the Barret Brothers are outstanding ( listen with headphones ) and the songs are spectacular. Only the 24 minutes rendition of “Get up,stand up/No more trouble/War” worth the price of the record alone, but there are 12 other songs. So, this is as good as “Live” but longer, and much better than “Babylon by Bus”. If you like Bob Marley, you can’t go wrong with this one. This concert was originally broadcast live on the KMET radio station in Los Angeles. Because of the radio simulcast, this concert became widely bootlegged beginning in 1976.
Bob Marley and the Wailers “Live” was one of those seminal albums that I played to death when it came out. Then I came across a review of this album, so bought it, and have been blown away. Its easy to think that reggae is an easy music format to play, but it isn’t, and yet the Wailers make it sound like the easiest music form in the world. The opening is stunning, the rhythm section effortlessly dropping into a cool vibe – turn the bass up and listen to a true master at work.
And then there’s Marley himself, passionate, artful, giving a master class in singing with fire and bringing the crowd to a crescendo. This truly is a stunning album, with plenty of recognisable tracks from the earlier part of Bob Marley’s career : Burning and Looting is terrific, Trenchtown Rock stunning, and I Shot the Sheriff steals the song back from Clapton.
The sound quality is excellent,turn it up and it feels like you are in the arena with them.The second disc shows what a great band they were with a 22 minute version of Get Up,War,No More Trouble all rolled into one.
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